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342?–291 b.c.,
Greek writer of comedies.
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Menander
(məˈnændə)
—
n
1.
?160
bc
--?120
bc
, Greek king of the Punjab. A Buddhist convert, he reigned over much of NW India
2.
?342--?292
bc
, Greek comic dramatist. The
Dyskolos
is his only complete extant comedy but others survive in adaptations by Terence and Plautus
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